Gary Gerber — Jazz Guitarist × Software Engineer
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GUIDOGERB PIONEERING LABS · UTAH, USA

Gary Gerber

JAZZ GUITARIST × SOFTWARE ENGINEER

SIX STRINGS · ONE WORKSHOP

FRET Ⅲ — THE MAKER
Gary Gerber

“A luthier shapes wood until it sings. I shape code and counterpoint the same way.”

Software engineer for the State of Utah; jazz guitarist, large-ensemble composer, and founder of GuidoGerb Pioneering Labs — where music information retrieval, machine learning for art, and Rust/WASM craftsmanship share one bench.

FRET Ⅴ — POSITIONS HELD
2012 — NOW

IT Analyst III · State of Utah

Dept. of Technology Services — web applications, persistence strategies, React, Java Spring. Governor's Award of Excellence, 2016.

2010 — 2012

Analyst · Tomax

Java Persistence Architecture and retail web platforms, Salt Lake City.

1995 — 2010

Analyst · University of Utah

Marriott Library Technology Assisted Curriculum Center — online education delivery tools.

FRET Ⅶ — WORKSHOP BENCHES

Music Information Retrieval & DSP

Audio feature extraction and spectral analysis in service of composition, mixing, and jazz pedagogy.

AI & Machine Learning for Music and Art

Generative models and recommenders — the human performer always at the center.

Pure Web Technology & Rust / WASM

Zero-dependency HTML5 wrappers around hardened Rust WebAssembly cores.

Jazz Guitar Pedagogy & Composition

Notation frameworks and orchestral authoring for human performers.

FRET Ⅸ — REPERTOIRE OF WRITINGS
Humanity as a Neural Network MAR 2026 ↗ The Nucleon Switch FEB 2026 ↗ Algorithmic Orchestration FEB 2026 ↗ GuidoGerb Paleontology FEB 2026 ↗ The Thermodynamics of Number Theory JAN 2026 ↗
FRET Ⅻ — THE CASE
Java & Spring React & TypeScript Python SQL & persistence design Rust / WASM DSP & MIR AWS & Terraform Jazz guitar

M.M. Jazz Studies, University of Utah. Most Outstanding Collegiate Guitarist, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (1989). Governor's Award of Excellence (2016).

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contact@garygerber.com

UTAH, USA · GUIDOGERB PIONEERING LABS FOR LOGIC & CREATIVITY · 2026